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Why some medical cities should cheer for Occupy Wall Street and the 99%

By Chris Seper | 12/16/11
There's a reason for some med cities to love the Occupy Wall Street movement. Specifically, the regions without public policies that fund investors or life sciences startups.
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For those planning to live beyond 2011, a real list of top medical cities

By Chris Seper | 12/12/11
For those who live and thrive by what happens in pharma, hospitals, medical device, health IT and all other things medical, here's a list of the top 10 medical cities that matter today (and in the future).
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Cardiac medical device firm Kips Bay completes $20 million investment

By Chris Seper | 10/27/11
A Minnesota producer of material used in heart-bypass surgeries has made a deal that secures that company up to $20 million in fresh investment.
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St. Jude expands cardiac imaging offerings in India

By Chris Seper | 10/21/11
From Mayo to St. Jude to Medtronic, India is increasingly everyone’s favorite med-tech consumer.
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Severe blood loss treatment revived, headed for trials in 2012

By Chris Seper | 10/20/11
Some discarded University of Minnesota technology treating severe blood loss has been revived by a Colorado company, which aims to deliver the drug to the military as early as 2016.
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Minnesota nurses embrace Occupy Wall Street at conference

By Chris Seper | 10/17/11
The Minnesota Nurse’s Association, which launched one of the most closely watched nursing strikes in recent years, is hosting its annual conference this week with an Occupy Wall Street theme.
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Medtronic's Omar Ishrak: FDA should embrace the European device approach

By Chris Seper | 10/04/11
Medtronic's Omar Ishrak believes the FDA should embrace the European approach to medical device approvals — a process that has been getting devices to market much faster than the U.S. process.
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Envoy Medical hearing aid video goes viral; 2 million+ views in a week

By Chris Seper | 10/03/11
Envoy Medical’s Esteem hearing aid has a perpetual publicity boost through a $250,000 a month agreement to be the hearing aid Rush Limbaugh uses.
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Medtronic’s Monday: FDA device warning, release of new bone graft system

By Chris Seper | 09/14/11
Medtronic announced a FDA recall of one of its drug delivery pumps Monday, the same day it announced a new set of prouducts for bone grafts and other kinds of cosmetic dentistry.
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SuperDimension gets $11 million for lung cancer treatment, adds Covidien

By Chris Seper | 09/13/11
superDimension, which creates minimally invasive devices for lung cancer treatment, has added another $11 million and a new investor as it tries to bolster sales, marketing and infrastructure.